Monthly Archives: April 2007

Marvel Premiere #30 [1976] – Cover

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Bob

Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia provide this cover to a quick spin-off super-team from the then-new INVADERS series. A nice piece, always good to see he Skull done by Kirby, and the retro-designs of the new heroes fits in nicely with Kirby’s style.

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This is one of the covers that will presumably be in the upcoming INVADERS CLASSIC VOL. 1 collection.

Published 1976

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The Demon #7 [1973] – Witchboy

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Bob

This issue introduces Klarion, the Witchboy, one of Etrigan’s most persistent foes over the years. The story opens with Etrigan encountering a “Judge” in puritan garb who is searching for Klarion, and attacks Etrigan with a monstrous Draaga, which makes for a great two page splash. Etrigan defeats the creature but is poisoned, and collapses as Klarion and his cat Teekl appear, showing some control over his transformations by changing him back to Jason Blood.

Various hijinks then ensue in Blood’s apartment, including an attack from a Horigal.

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Klarion’s people eventually capture him to put on trial, so he summons Etrigan who is able to defeat them. Klarion tries to overstep himself by controlling Etrigan, which Merlin’s Demon wont stand for.

Fun little story with some weird plot logic, but great monster images, and obviously a lot of thought behind Klarion, only some of which made it onto the page in his few Kirby written appearances.

Mike Royer inks the 20-page story and cover.

Published 1973

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New Kirby – Spider-Man Omnibus

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Bob

Out this week, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS. In addition to every Ditko Spider-Man story there are a number of Kirby/Ditko collaborations (several covers, the back-up stories from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8 and FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1 and the Spidey/Torch story from STRANGE TALES ANNUAL #2), plus various extras bringing it up to 1088 pages total.

See your local comic shop or bookstore, or various on-line vendors, including amazon.com above or Tales of Wonder.

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-Link- Wired on LORD OF LIGHT

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Bob

scifiland.gifVia Mark Evanier, Wired has an article about the proposed LORD OF LIGHT movie, with concept art by Jack Kirby, and how it was used in freeing some hostages in Iran.

You can see some of Kirby designs and read more about it here.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.05/feat_cia.html

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Marvel Double Feature #18 [1976]

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Bob

This issue features a reprint of the 10-page Captain America story from TALES OF SUSPENSE #94 [1967], the Kirby/Sinnott story that introduced the world to the glory that is MODOK.

More importantly, someone had the good sense to enlist recently-returned-to-Marvel Jack Kirby to do a new cover for the issue. The original featured MODOK as almost an afterthought, stuffed in a corner of the background. This one, though…

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MODOK in all his big-headed, floating-chair, brain-blasting glory. Can Cap possibly hope to survive?

Frank Giacoia inks this cover.

Published 1976

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